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WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 02: Malia Obama, Sasha Obama, mother-in-law Marian Robinson, first lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama attend the national Christmas tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse south of the White House December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. The lighting of the tree is an annual tradition attended by the president and the first family. (Photo by Olivier Douliery- Pool/Getty Images)

The First Family has a long, iconic tradition of delivering beautiful holiday cards to us every year, and 2016 is no exception. However, this year is very bittersweet: Because Donald Trump will be taking office in January, 2016 is the final year we will receive a holiday card from the Obama family.

A photo posted on Imgur Thursday (pictured) shows the woman next to Hollywood legend Denzel Washington. The librarian is beaming and both have handmade scarves around their necks. The person who published the photo said in the caption it showed her grandmother, a 99-year-old former librarian from Mount Vernon, next to Washington, whom she had always remembered fondly. Several people had tried to contact Washington to arrange a meetup, to no avail, the poster wrote. But the librarian finally got to talk to him on the phone on her 99th birthday, and the two finally made plans for a reunion. ‘She ALWAYS tells the story of how she gave Denzel Washington his first library card and how she remembers him for his unique name “and he was the cutest thing,” ‘ the poster wrote.

Denzel Washington just reconnected with a very special figure from his past.